The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI

After the Hugging Face incident, where about 12,000 AI agents coordinated faster than humans could track, labs and startups propose placing AI monitors in the agent loop. Apollo Research released Watcher, Goodfire—Silico based on activation probes, Y Combinator funded 106 companies in AI observability.

• The Hugging Face incident involved nearly 12,000 AI agents
• Apollo Research released monitor Watcher for Claude Code and Codex
• Goodfire uses activation probes instead of analyzing model output
• Y Combinator funded 106 companies in AI observability